38th and 24th Street raid

The 38th and 24th Street raid occurred in 1992 when gunmen from the Cali Cartel, Search Bloc, and AUC, including Don Berna, Fidel Castano Gil, Carlos Castano Gil, Javier Pena, and the Search Bloc policeman Trujillo, stormed an apartment on 28th and 24th Street in Medellin, Colombia.

The raid came shortly after the death of Colonel Horacio Carrillo in an ambush set by Jhon Burgos, and Pena tracked down Burgos with the help of his friend Maritza Rincon, who was unwittingly used to lure the colonel into a trap. Rincon lured Burgos to a cafe, and Pena and Trujillo tracked him down from the cafe to the apartment.

When Search Bloc demanded that the two policemen return to base and wait for the target to be verified, Pena decided to instead contact Don Berna, who offered the Cali Cartel and AUC's assistance in taking down Pablo Escobar and his sicarios. The Castano brothers, Don Berna, and some other gunmen breached the entrance of the building and gunned down around a dozen sicarios in a professional raid. Escobar's sicario Velasco was captured by Carlos Castano after Pena chased him down, while Burgos left the scene before the raid. The raid was just the first of many AUC raids on Escobar's sicarios, assisted by Pena.